MONARCH CONTENT MGMT. v. ARIZONA DEPT. OF GAMING

No. 20-15047.

971 F.3d 1021 (2020)

MONARCH CONTENT MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Laurel Racing Association, Inc., dba Laurel Park, a Maryland corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF GAMING, a political subdivision; Ted Vogt, Director, in his official capacity; Rudy Casillas, Deputy Director and Racing Division Director, in his official capacity; Arizona Racing Commission, a subordinate political entity; Rory S. Goree, Chairman, in his official capacity; Tom Lawless, Vice Chairman, in his official capacity; J.C. McClintock, Commissioner, in his official capacity; Chuck Coolidge, Commissioner, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scot L. Claus (argued), Vail C. Cloar , and Holly M. Zoe , Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Patrick Irvine (argued) and Charles Markle , Fennemore Craig P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Mark Brnovich , Attorney General; Kelly M. Wagner , Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges, and Consuelo B. Marshall, District Judge.


OPINION

The central issue in this case is whether the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978, 15 U.S.C. §§ 3001-3007 ("IHA"), preempts Arizona Revised Statutes ("A.R.S.") § 5-112(U), a statute governing "simulcasts" of horse races. We conclude that it does not, and that the plaintiffs' other facial constitutional...

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